Jenna Goldsmith '08, M.A. '10

• English
• Rockford, IL

Jenna serves as the director of the low-residency MFA program in writing at Oregon State University-Cascades along with teaching classes for OSU's ecampus and Rockford University. Prior to these roles, she was the assistant director of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at ISU and senior instructor of writing at Oregon State University Cascades in Bend, Oregon. Jenna also served as the City Poet Laureate of Rockford from 2023-2025. She currently serves on the Rock Valley College Board of Trustees.

While a student at ISU, she was active in PRIDE, FLAME, Sigma Tau Delta (the English Honor Society), the ISU Fashion Show, and the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. 

Jenna chairs the Alumni Association board of directors' awards committee and serves on the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) committee.